seven wonders of the ancient world

Become a Patron! Our sources for this episode include: Pharos: The Lighthouse at Alexandria Julius Caesar’s Civil Wars (AG Peskett translation) The Geography of Strabo [...Read More...]

In our last episode, we took you on a tour of the Great Pyramid of Giza: perhaps the greatest of all the Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one that still exists [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Some videos we found useful in making this episode: Our ancient sources: Diodorus Siculus: Library of History (C.H. Oldfather translation) Herodotus: The [...Read More...]

The list of Seven Wonders of the Ancient World has changed over the centuries. But there’s one item that’s almost always included—and when it’s not, the list-maker [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Some videos we found useful in making this episode: Our ancient sources: Diodorus Siculus: Library of History (C.H. Oldfather translation) Herodotus: The [...Read More...]

Perhaps the first list of Seven Wonders was written by Herodotus sometime in the 400s BC. But the list didn’t really get popularized until the 200s. Why was that? What did [...Read More...]